Judge orders Trump administration to comply with Presidential Records Act

A federal judge is ordering the White House to follow the Presidential Records Act, rejecting the Department of Justice's recent opinion that the Watergate-era law is unconstitutional.

U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled that the law -- which for decades ensured that presidential records become public after a president leaves office -- is likely constitutional and that a group of historians that brought suit successfully showed there is a "substantial risk" that the White House is not complying with the law. 

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